Researchers suggest that the status of “bot” may apply beyond the online world, even in your personal interactions not mediated by a mobile device. Tel Aviv, July 11 – Researchers studying online political discourse have discovered that in line with ...
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“We cannibals are seldom as efficient or effective in our practice.” Tel Aviv, July 2 – Practitioners of the consumption of human flesh have begun taking a keen interest in the behavior of Israel’s main political camps ahead of an ...
Read More »Labor MKs Face Harassment Probe After Flirting With Electoral Threshold
“Any close contact Labor had with the threshold this past April occurred against my wishes.” Jerusalem, June 20 – Several lawmakers for one of Israel’s most venerable parties face an inquiry into allegedly lewd behavior as the party may have made ...
Read More »Israeli Pundits Lament Lack Of Hipster Coffee Shops In Which To Overhear Statements That Confirm Their Biases
“This is obviously a result of the far-right demagoguery of Netanyahu and his minions.” Tel Aviv, June 6 – Journalists from some of the major media outlets in the country expressed frustration and disappointment today at the relative paucity of ...
Read More »New Elections Announced: NGOs Slam Israel For Hogging Region’s Democracy
“Israel must relinquish its near-monopoly on this precious resource, to which everyone has a right.” Jerusalem, May 29 – The increasing likelihood of a second round of parliamentary elections this year in Israel has prompted criticism from human rights organizations ...
Read More »Public Aims To Keep Gov’t From Convening, Functioning, Making Things Worse
“If there’s a government, it’s going to try to govern, and that’s not a good thing. I mean, just look at the last seventy-one years.” Jerusalem, May 20 – The extended deadline for reelected Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to form ...
Read More »Twitter Apologizes For Closing Hamas Account After Mistaking It For Parody
“We mistook the genocidal rhetoric of the account in question for an over-the-top parody.” San Francisco, May 9 – Micro-blogging media giant Twitter announced today it had apologized and reinstated the account of the Islamist group that runs the Gaza ...
Read More »Labor Chief Plans To Hide And Hope No One Notices
Gabbay intends to ride out the 21st Knesset by attracting as little attention as possible and quietly leaving politics. Tel Aviv, April 30 – The leader of one of Israel’s once-great political parties, now at a nadir in its representation, ...
Read More »NGO To Shield Rockets That Entered Israeli Airspace Illegally From Gaza
Activists plan a demonstration later this week near an Iron Dome battery to protest the use of destructive force against the rockets. Tel Aviv, April 15 – A group of activists aims to assist Palestinian missiles and other projectiles that ...
Read More »Political Parties To Outnumber Voters By Next Election
Since 2016 each high school graduate has been assigned a unique new party. Jerusalem, April 4 – Journalists and political analysts predicted today that if the next Israeli government lasts its full four-year term, the number of parties vying for seats in ...
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